Wednesday, July 5, 2017

What’s wrong with phone calls, IGP tells Sarawak Report

The IGP was responding to Sarawak Report's allegation that new anti-vice chief had received no less than 36 calls from a suspect in Melaka's protection racket case.

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KUALA LUMPUR: What is so suspicious about a phone call, Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said today, in response to yet another “ridiculous” allegation by Sarawak Report (SR).

The allegation in question was posted on the whistleblower site earlier this week.

According to SR, DCP Saiful Azly Kamaruddin, who is the new chief of Bukit Aman’s Special Task Force for Anti-Vice, Gaming and Gangsterism (STAGG), had allegedly received “no less than 36 calls” from Gopinathan Krishnan.

Gopinathan, better known as Gopi, was one of the individuals arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in a protection racket crackdown in Melaka in May.

He was suspected of being a key “intermediary” in a massive police protection racket across gambling dens and prostitution houses in Melaka.